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LME copper prices hit 7-year high

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Copper prices since 1 Jan 2000. An unexpectedly strong resurgence in Chinese cathode buying for scrap replacement, improving consumption, restocking and stockpiling purposes. Based on preliminary data from Chinese Customs, Chinese net imports of refined copper jumped by 45% y-o-y, or 1.3Mt, to 4.2Mt in Jan-Nov 2020.

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IDTechEx: despite efforts to reduces rare-earth use, percentage of permanent magnet-based EV motors rising

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Additionally, the Chinese electric vehicle market is the largest in the world and due to their control of the rare-earth supply, most Chinese vehicle models utilize permanent magnet motors. Processing 1 tonne of rare-earths can produce up to 2000 tonnes of toxic waste.

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Chinese language EV makers pin hopes on Europe’s auto sellers

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Tesla’s good fortune has proven that buyers are clear to outsiders, although it’s vague whether or not Chinese language manufacturers will be capable of fit the promoting draw of Elon Musk. ” The post Chinese language EV makers pin hopes on Europe’s auto sellers appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Air pollution regulations over last decade in Chinese city has halved health costs

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Between 2000 and 2012, these included mandating the closure of many polluting sources, auditing companies that produced large amounts of toxic and hazardous materials, setting pollutant emissions standards, and promoting energy efficiency and pollution reduction.

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FCA confirms discussions with Foxconn on China JV for electric vehicles

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The proposed cooperation, initially focused on the Chinese market, would enable the parties to bring together the capabilities of two established global leaders across the spectrum of automobile design, engineering and manufacturing and mobile software technology to focus on the growing battery electric vehicle market.

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Ricardo to partner with China Automotive Technology & Research Center

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Collaboration envisaged under the MoU will include the introduction of new Ricardo automotive technology to China and the joint execution of development programs for Chinese customers. The company currently employs more than 2000 employees in technical facilities such as those at its Tianjin headquarters.

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Study finds long-term exposure to air pollution negatively impacts cognitive performance and may become more pronounced with age

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Daily API observations were obtained from the city-level air quality report published by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection. The report includes 86 major cities in 2000 and covers most of the cities in China in 2014. The API ranges from 0 to 500, with larger values indicating worse air quality.

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